The article repeats a common misconception that I would like to point out. The second last paragraph states: ” the other function of a university is teaching its students.” It must be stressed that teaching is the prime function of a university. Research is secondary, and is only conducted as a way of keeping the …
Each year students are accused of being apathetic. Voter turnout was just over 10 per cent this year, about the same as last year. Many students appear to be happy to just pay their fees and go to class—they don’t care how their money is managed.
Quick. Name the three slates running in the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) election this year. … Now try naming someone from each slate. Bonus points for naming a student running independently. Trick question—there aren’t any candidates running independently. Aside from current vice-president equity Maya McDonald, independent candidates tend not to do …
Rumours about an impending student code of conduct have been circulating since Allan Rock took office as university president in 2008. Over the years, elected Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) officials have raised concerns that students should not be penalized academically for non-academic infractions. Since 2008, Rock has responded to these concerns …
We all learned in kindergarten that you have to share. What began in our lives as a basic classroom rule has become the economic system many industries are moving toward. The sharing economy can be exemplified by companies like Uber and Airbnb, which are making the act of sharing physical resources and services easy and …
People in power can have so much responsibility it’s frightening. Frightening because we have no control over how they use that power or in whether they do so with the intention to protect us. There is the careless use of power, as when those in positions of power say offhand things that influence the lives …
The general assembly (GA) was a failure. No one is without blame. The first part of the failure belongs to the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO). They were unable to connect with their constituents. It could be a failure to connect with a wide enough segment of the student population and it …
This year, for the first time, there is a cost of admission for students to all Gee-Gees games. Initially, the fee seems appalling given the low game attendance over the years. One of the things Fulcrum sports reporters have noticed is that compared with other schools, our teams don’t seem to generate the same level of school pride, regardless of how well they’re performing.
Feeling threatened can bring out the worst in people. When Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was able to shoot and kill Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial and infiltrate Parliament on Oct. 22, two places many University of Ottawa students have been to without fear, it reminded us of our vulnerability.
Regardless of how you may feel about student government, when the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) protests tuition fee increases, they are accurately representing the views of the majority of the student body. However, at the recent SFUO-led protest requesting a drop in tuition fees at the opening of the Advanced Research Complex (ARC), many students feel their interests were not well represented. Not because they wish for tuition to continue rising, but because they feel this particular protest was inappropriate and ineffective. And that it was.
As the UOMSA is requesting space for the religious purposes of a large number of students, it is without a doubt more pressing than many requests. However, space is an issue on this campus for everyone.
Revolutions are televised or they didn’t happen.
Simple slogans are supposed to be the most effective. The problem with a three word slogan though, is that it only has those three words to convey a message.
The Fulcrum editorial board explains why they love the fall.
Three years and over a million Netflix customers later, Rogers and Shaw are trying to get into the online streaming game. Their new service, Shomi launches in November. It looks like Netflix without the red, provides similar programming, and will initially be available only to existing Rogers and Shaw customers for $8.99 a month.
When universities are forced to compete with one another, they must provide the best programming possible or risk losing the best students. The Ontario government’s movement toward specialization risks making “the best students” analogous with “the most privileged students” in narrowing the opportunities a post-secondary education is capable of providing.
“I like to think of news and advertising as the separation of guacamole and Twizzlers. Separately they’re good, but if you mix them together somehow you make both of them really gross.”
The provincial government’s recent crackdown on unpaid internships in Ontario is a much-needed move with a mixed result, but it may be time for employers and post-secondary schools to step up.
Considering Franco-Ontarians are plenty in number but hugely underrepresented at universities throughout the province, it’s an important discussion to have.
It’s time we demand businesses hold back on the holidays until after Nov. 11 and give Remembrance Day the observance it deserves.
Researchers who are trying to pinpoint causes for rampant cheating in high schools and universities are wasting their time.
Photos courtesy of Mike Langlais (CUP) Schools from coast to coast can learn a thing or two about frosh from the University of Ottawa. About 200 students and professors gathered at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax, N.S. on Sept. 12 to rally against sexual violence in the wake of an offensive chant that …
I’m on my way out the door, I’m passing the buck, I’m hitting the open road.
Come to think of it, when I compare my life to those of my Facebook friends, my situation seems pretty not okay.
This recurring theme in our body art and social media—both important forms of self-expression for the early 20-something—begs the question: what does our generation have against regrets?
